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University of Canterbury

University of Canterbury: Cs Unplugged: Graph Colouring

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Introduce graph coloring, and lead students on to many variations and extensions that reach the cutting edge of computer science.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Beach Ball Graphing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart designed to introduce graphing to Kindergarteners. It goes over concepts from crossing out to count, how to stack bottom to top when graphing and not skipping spaces to making a graph and...
Unit Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using Globe Data to Study the Earth System

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson guides students through the process of locating and graphing web-based environmental data that has been collected by GLOBE Program participants. The lesson provides opportunities for using GLOBE data to introduce basic...
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Introduction to Graphing

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will be introduced to the process of sorting, classifying, and graphing procedures through an interactive series of three activities.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: It's a Connected World: The Beauty of Network Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about complex networks and how to use graphs to represent them. They also learn that graph theory is a useful part of mathematics for studying complex networks in diverse applications of science and engineering, including...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Challenge Question: "Walk the Line"

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners are introduced to the "Walk the Line" challenge question. They are asked to write journal responses to the question and brainstorm what information they need to answer the question. Ideas are shared with the class (or in pairs...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Guarding the Goods (Part I)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the Art Gallery Problem, in which the number of guards necessary to guard a two-dimensional space (the "art gallery") must be found. This lesson keeps the...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Guarding the Goods (Part Ii)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the Art Gallery problem, in which guards must be placed so that an entire area is guarded. This lesson may be used concurrently with Guarding the Goods...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Driving With Djikstra

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to one of the prominent algorithms in graph theory used to find shortest paths -- the Djikstra Algorithm. The lesson includes four graphs of increasing...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Art Gallery Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the Art Gallery Problem, in which cameras must be placed so that the entire area of a floor can be seen. Students use their graphing calculators extensively...
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Limits

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning with a discussion on continuity, this site introduces the concept of limits. Several examples are presented, some of which allow you to work the problem yourself before seeing the problem. Graphs are included on several of the...